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double or semi -double, or of what colour it matters little, so long as he is with 



us. In a well-ordered border they w411 appear in groups of separate colours, 



but in a fence corner, near a cottage door, or over a gray stone wall, how 



pretty they are with their hit-or-miss effect of colour. Groups of pure white 



hollyhocks, like groups of white foxglove, placed here and there among 



the brilliant hues around them, set off a garden wonderfully. This is true 



also of white phlox, even more useful, perhaps, because of its long-blooming 



season, which makes the 



perennial phlox of such 



value in the hardy garden. 



Masses of colour can be easily 



formed with them. Lovely 



shades of pink, with wh te 



ones for next-door ne gh- 



bours and a touch of yellow 



not far away (given, perhaps, 



by hardy coreopsis or a heli- 



anthus of medium height), 



make the garden seem 'alle 



ful of freshe floures," like the 



Squire's embroidered dress, 



in "Canterbury Tales." 



The study of colour effects 

 is one of the various garden 

 interests, and in working out 

 our schemes the oriental rule 

 for harmonising strong 



colours by the use of dividing Foxgloves in a border 



Hnes of white, gold or black is a help, black being translated into some 

 dull purplish hue for garden use. 



Nature shows her skill as an artist : 



"When daisies pied, and violets blue, 

 And lady-smocks all silver white, 

 And cuckoo buds of yellow hue, 



Do paint the meadows with delight. " 



But the gardener likes to take colour arrangement into his own hands, 

 hoping to paint the garden with delight. 



